Comparison

ETA Captain vs shipETA

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ETA Captain

Features
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The fastest answer to "What's your ETA, Captain?" ETA Captain is a voyage planning calculator built by a ship captain for ship officers. Four essential tools, always ready, no internet required. SPEED REQUIRED
Enter your schedule, zone description, and route distance. Get your speed required instantly. BEST ETA
Input your sailing time and best speed. Get your best ETA. LATEST ETD
Know your deadline. Work backwards from your required arrival to find the latest you can sail. FUEL
Estimate bunker consumption for your voyage based on your vessel's speed and consumption parameters. Built for all vessel types. Works fully offline. No account required.

About

shipETA

Features
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shipETA is an offline voyage planning aid for ship officers. Calculate Speed Required, Best ETA, Latest ETD, and bunker estimates with Zone Description (ZD) wall-clock times, built for pilot-station to pilot-station sea passages. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Speed Required: sail time, required dock ETA, pilotage, and distance to required open-water SOG • Best ETA: sail and SOG to pilot-station arrival and dock ETA • Latest ETD: required dock ETA and SOG to latest sail and departure • Fuel: cube-law estimate from two speed / MT-day references, with optional burn band • Routes: save and reopen passages on device • Vessels: performance profiles (SOG and cube-law refs) you can link to a route • Whale zone: SOG cap for ETA/ETD; segmented WZ distances for Speed Required • Share: export a PDF or copy a text summary via the system share sheet BUILT FOR THE BRIDGE • Works fully offline. No account, no cloud sync • ZD as a signed UTC offset (including half hours) • Clear timeline: sail, pilot out, sea passage, pilot in, dock • Local storage only for routes and vessel profiles IMPORTANT shipETA is a planning aid. Results are estimates from the values you enter and are not a substitute for official navigation systems, company procedures, or the Master’s judgment. Always cross-check before use. Support: dahiri.farid@gmail.com Privacy: https://seawork.org/#privacy Website: https://seawork.org/

Screenshots

ETA Captain4 screens
shipETA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: shipETA at Free against ETA Captain's $4.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

shipETA is free to download; ETA Captain costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 4 level
ETA Captain versus shipETA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterETA CaptainshipETA
Price$4.99Free — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFRANCISCO JOSE MEDALFarid Dahiri

In-app purchases

None

ETA Captain

No in-app purchases

None

shipETA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ETA Captain free?
ETA Captain costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is shipETA free?
shipETA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ETA Captain or shipETA have ads?
Neither ETA Captain nor shipETA shows ads.

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